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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many months before the agent and the narrator's fancy dinner in Chelsea did the agent tell him she thought he could 'get a strong six-figure' advance based on a story" (3) he had written for the New Yorker?
(a) Two.
(b) 12.
(c) A few.
(d) Many.

2. The unnamed narrator was recently diagnosed with a defect of what body part?
(a) The heart.
(b) The liver.
(c) The kidney.
(d) The spine.

3. Roberto tells the unnamed narrator that he has a recurring dream about what future event?
(a) The Second Coming of Christ.
(b) Another ice age.
(c) The second Big Bang.
(d) California sinking into the sea.

4. From what country did Roberto originally hail?
(a) Peru.
(b) Cuba.
(c) San Salvador.
(d) Venezuela.

5. The author notices that Hannah has what color hair, as well as a silver nose ring?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Light brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once Alex and the unnamed narrator make it to Alex's apartment, they hear through what medium that "the storm would make landfall around 4:00 a.m." (20)?

2. Liza laughingly compares the author to which historical figure once he announces that he will opt for local anesthesia?

3. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator had planned to use the name Mary in his novel to represent which of his real acquaintances?

4. The unnamed narrator and Alex are looking at a painting of which historical figure when she asks him to provide the sperm for her child?

5. What body of water do Liza and the author reach just before the author says he has decided to opt for local anesthesia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What event does the author recall at the end of the story "The Golden Vanity," causing him to conclude that the event had never happened?

2. What medical procedure does the author require and why?

3. What does the gaslight lamp symbolize within the short story "The Golden Vanity"?

4. Explain the art installation Alex and the unnamed narrator attend in Part One.

5. What situation causes the author a great deal of anxiety when the librarian arrives for their meeting?

6. For what reason is the author so conflicted about the choice "between twilight sedation and local anesthesia" (62)?

7. In what setting does the opening scene of "The Golden Vanity" take place?

8. Who is Alena?

9. Of what type of metafiction is Part Two: The Golden Vanity composed?

10. What major decision does the unnamed narrator make when he first attends a showing of The Clock?

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